"Iraq was dominated by dictatorship for nearly 40 years and we started working little by little, and five months ago, elections were held,” Hussein said.
The foreign minister said Iraq was "not the only democratic country facing difficulty with government,” and pointed to Belgium, which went nearly two years without a formal government between 2018 and 2020, NRT reported.
Hussein said the current government will do its best to form a new government in the near future, according to Iraqi News Agency.
Outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Friday the leading parties from the election in October 2021 have the responsibility of forming the government.
"The national forces, parties and figures that have emerged from the democratic electoral process today bear the responsibility of protecting the national path laid out by ending political gridlocks and forming a government that fulfills its obligations,” Kadhimi said in a statement to Twitter on Friday.
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